2026 GPSTC MIDTERM EXAMS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Explain the relationship between crime scene photographs and crime scene
sketches - ✔✔Both photos and sketches provide a visual representation of a crime
scene and aid in describing the scene in a report, to a supervisor, or in a courtroom
testimony.
✔✔3 methods for sketching a crime scene - ✔✔- Baseline/coordinate
- Triangulation
- Cross projection
✔✔Purpose of the rough sketch is - ✔✔to compliment the crime scene
✔✔What color is a criminal fingerprint card? - ✔✔RED
✔✔Loops - ✔✔has ridges which began on one side of the finger, flow to the center,
recurve, and flow out the same side upon which they entered.
✔✔Whorls - ✔✔has 2 or more deltas and ridges
✔✔Arches - ✔✔ridges enter on one side of print and exit on the other
✔✔Tented arch - ✔✔ridges meet at the center and form a peak
✔✔Plain arch - ✔✔ridges enter on one side and flow towards the other side, rising in
the center, but no re-curving edge.
✔✔How should wet objects be processed? - ✔✔let dry completely at room temp
✔✔What is not considered real evidence? - ✔✔Witness statement
, ✔✔Print that you cannot see with the naked eye and have to lift - ✔✔Latent print
✔✔Blood smear, grease, sharpie print is... - ✔✔A patent print
✔✔Self-propelled vehicle - ✔✔Motor vehicle
✔✔Highway - ✔✔Any publicly-maintained roadway that is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
✔✔every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers - ✔✔BUS
✔✔50 cc and no speed exceeding 30 mph is - ✔✔Moped
✔✔Sentencing is under - ✔✔Board of pardons/paroles
✔✔What group is pardons/paroles a part of - ✔✔Corrections
✔✔What's the safest room to interview in a domestic situation? - ✔✔Living room
✔✔Internal factor that could affect a peace officers perception is - ✔✔Objectivity
✔✔Child should be in safety restraints at age - ✔✔8 and under
✔✔The total weight of a vehicle including a trailer is - ✔✔Gross weight
✔✔Who is responsible for cleaning up debris from traffic accident? - ✔✔Tow
trucks/wreckers
✔✔What disease can someone have that can show as DUI - ✔✔Diabetes
✔✔Who cannot remove a dead body from a crime scene? - ✔✔Family member
✔✔Characteristics of a profession - ✔✔Common fund of knowledge
Minimum standards
Organization
Standards of conduct
✔✔GBI and GCIC are responsible for - ✔✔overseeing the privacy and integrity of
criminal history record information.
✔✔When you see someone weaving in lane - ✔✔it is ARS
✔✔What compounds the domestic situation? - ✔✔getting emotionally involved
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Explain the relationship between crime scene photographs and crime scene
sketches - ✔✔Both photos and sketches provide a visual representation of a crime
scene and aid in describing the scene in a report, to a supervisor, or in a courtroom
testimony.
✔✔3 methods for sketching a crime scene - ✔✔- Baseline/coordinate
- Triangulation
- Cross projection
✔✔Purpose of the rough sketch is - ✔✔to compliment the crime scene
✔✔What color is a criminal fingerprint card? - ✔✔RED
✔✔Loops - ✔✔has ridges which began on one side of the finger, flow to the center,
recurve, and flow out the same side upon which they entered.
✔✔Whorls - ✔✔has 2 or more deltas and ridges
✔✔Arches - ✔✔ridges enter on one side of print and exit on the other
✔✔Tented arch - ✔✔ridges meet at the center and form a peak
✔✔Plain arch - ✔✔ridges enter on one side and flow towards the other side, rising in
the center, but no re-curving edge.
✔✔How should wet objects be processed? - ✔✔let dry completely at room temp
✔✔What is not considered real evidence? - ✔✔Witness statement
, ✔✔Print that you cannot see with the naked eye and have to lift - ✔✔Latent print
✔✔Blood smear, grease, sharpie print is... - ✔✔A patent print
✔✔Self-propelled vehicle - ✔✔Motor vehicle
✔✔Highway - ✔✔Any publicly-maintained roadway that is open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
✔✔every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 10 passengers - ✔✔BUS
✔✔50 cc and no speed exceeding 30 mph is - ✔✔Moped
✔✔Sentencing is under - ✔✔Board of pardons/paroles
✔✔What group is pardons/paroles a part of - ✔✔Corrections
✔✔What's the safest room to interview in a domestic situation? - ✔✔Living room
✔✔Internal factor that could affect a peace officers perception is - ✔✔Objectivity
✔✔Child should be in safety restraints at age - ✔✔8 and under
✔✔The total weight of a vehicle including a trailer is - ✔✔Gross weight
✔✔Who is responsible for cleaning up debris from traffic accident? - ✔✔Tow
trucks/wreckers
✔✔What disease can someone have that can show as DUI - ✔✔Diabetes
✔✔Who cannot remove a dead body from a crime scene? - ✔✔Family member
✔✔Characteristics of a profession - ✔✔Common fund of knowledge
Minimum standards
Organization
Standards of conduct
✔✔GBI and GCIC are responsible for - ✔✔overseeing the privacy and integrity of
criminal history record information.
✔✔When you see someone weaving in lane - ✔✔it is ARS
✔✔What compounds the domestic situation? - ✔✔getting emotionally involved
